Wilbur Stalcup

Wilbur Stalcup, c. 1952

Wibur "Sparky" Stalcup (1910-April 21, 1972) was basketball coach for the Northwest Missouri Bearcats men's basketball and Missouri Tigers men's basketball teams. Stalcup also served as athletic director at the University of Missouri.

Early life

Stalcup grew up in Oregon, Missouri where he played for the 1928 team that won the Missouri State High School championship at a time when there were no size divisions for high school basketball. The Oregon team made it to the quarterfinals National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament at the University of Chicago.^[1] During the run Oregon did not have a gymnasium.

He attended Northwest Missouri and played for Hank Iba and was a member of Iba's 1932 team that lost a title game in the Amateur Athletic Union national championship (the only national championship basketball appearance by Northwest)

Northwest Missouri

Stalcup at 138-57 is second only to Iba in the school's won-loss percentage. His only MIAA championship was in 1939-40 when his team was 17-0) in conference play and 22-1 overall. His teams had winning seasons in eight of his nine season.^[2]

Year	W-L
1933-34	8-6
1934-35	5-7
1935-36	11-7
1936-37	13-4
1937-38	15-6
1938-39	12-6
1939-40	22-1
1940-41	19-4
1941-42	14-6
1942-43	18-7

University of Missouri

Following a hiatus on basketball during World War II Stalcup moved to Missouri. He compiled a 195-179 record at Missouri with no conference championships although winning two Big Seven Holiday Tournaments. Among his players was Norm Stewart. He had the most wins in the school history until Stewart eclipsed him. He was president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1961-62. He was color commentator on basketball broadcasts after leaving coaching and was the athletic director at the university when he died.^[3] The Stalcup Room in the Mizzou Arena is named for him.

Year	W-L
1946-47	15-10
1947-48	14-10
1948-49	11-13
1949-50	14-10
1950-51	16-8
1951-52	14-10
1952-53	11-9
1953-54	11-10
1954-55	16-5
1955-56	15-7
1956-57	10-13
1957-58	9-13
1958-59	6-19
1959-60	12-13
1960-61	11-13
1961-62	9-16

References

Northwest Missouri State Bearcats men's basketball head coaches

Hanson (1914–1915)
George Palfreyman (1915–1918)
M. H. Sims (1918–1919)
Robert Rice (1919–1921)
Russell Sprong (1921–1922)
Eugene Maynor (1922–1923)
H. Frank Lawrence (1923–1929)
Henry Iba (1929–1933)
Wilbur Stalcup (1933–1943)
Ryland Milner (1943–1950)
H. D. Peterson (1950–1952)
Dale Kessinger (1952–1954)
Robert Gregory (1954–1958)
Marion Moss (1958–1963)
Dick Buckridge (1963–1971)
Bob Iglehart (1971–1977)
Larry Holley (1977–1979)
Lionel Sinn (1979–1988)
Steve Tappmeyer (1988–2009)
Ben McCollum (2009– )

Missouri Tigers men's basketball head coaches

Isadore Anderson (1906–1907)
A. M. Ebright (1907–1908)
Guy Lowman (1908–1910)
Chester Brewer (1910–1911)
Osmond F. Field (1911–1914)
Eugene Van Gent (1914–1916)
John F. Miller (1916–1917)
Walter Meanwell (1917–1918)
John F. Miller (1918–1919)
Walter Meanwell (1919–1920)
J. Craig Ruby (1920–1922)
George Bond (1922–1926)
George Edwards (1926–1946)
Wilbur Stalcup (1946–1962)
Bob Vanatta (1962–1967)
Norm Stewart (1967–1999)
Quin Snyder (1999–2006)
Melvin Watkins # (2006)
Mike Anderson (2006–2011)
Frank Haith (2011–2014)
Tim Fuller # (2013)
Kim Anderson (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Missouri Tigers athletic directors

Clark Hetherington (1897–1908)
W. J. Monilaw (1909–1910)
Chester Brewer (1911–1918)
Walter Meanwell (1919–1920)
Zora G. Clevenger (1921–1923)
Chester Brewer (1924–1935)
Don Faurot (1935–1942)
George Edwards (1943–1945)
Don Faurot (1946–1967)
Dan Devine (1967–1970)
Wilbur Stalcup (1971–1972)
Mel Sheehan (1972–1977)
Dave Hart (1978–1986)
Jack Lengyel (1986–1988)
Dick Tamburo (1988–1992)
Dan Devine (1992–1994)
Joe Castiglione (1994–1998)
Mike Alden (1998–2015)
Mack Rhoades (2015– )

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